Hello there! We have a short, concise edition today, bringing you exclusive coverage from Rising Bharat Summit 2025. We will be back with our regular edition on April 10.

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Today in New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is delivering his keynote address at the Rising Bharat Summit. Catch it live (or on-demand later)

The summit featured a power-packed lineup today, including union ministers Jyotiraditya Scindia, Hardeep Singh Puri, Nitin Gadkari, Kiren Rijiju, and India’s G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant

• India’s prominent business and startup voices including Peak XV’s Rajan Anandan, The ePlane Company founder Satya Chakravarthy, Niti Aayog distinguished fellow Debjani Ghosh, and Nasscom chairperson Sindhu Gangadharan were also part of the lineup.

Catch all the action on our liveblog

• Peak XV’s managing director Rajan Anandan pushed back against criticism that 10-minute delivery services are merely about convenience, calling such operations a remarkable feat of innovation given India’s urban challenges. Read more

• Bharat has more paying capacity than urban consumers, say founders of India's prominent consumer brands. They also called for products that are “born in India” rather than “built for India.”. Read more.

• NITI Aayog’s distinguished fellow and former Nasscom president Debjani Ghosh called out the diversity agendas of the companies that appear to offer women leadership positions on the basis of gender while not appreciating their capabilities. Read more

• Chennai-based flying taxi startup The ePlane Co is set to launch its first prototype in June, said CEO Satya Chakravarthy. Read more

• Archian Foods, the maker of popular beverages such as Lahori Zeera, is eyeing a pan-India presence in the next two years, co-founder Saurabh Munjal said. He added that while startup founders are chasing 15 crore tax paying users, their target audience market is 100 crore consumers.

• Stage co-founder Vinay Singhal believes they are building the confidence layer of the country through their regional video streaming service. He said the company’s goal is to promote India's various regional cultures. Read more.

• InsuranceDekho’s Aman Batra said that technology-led trust has helped the company crack tier 2 & 3 India. Read more

• Indian entrepreneurs are busy building brain dead startups, not solving real issues, says Vionix Biosciences CEO Vivek Wadhwa. Read more.

• Jay Kotak, the co-head of Kotak 811 and the son of Uday Kotak, has backed the next generation of business families to focus on building businesses, while RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group’s Shashwat Goenka believes it is important to do both investing as well as run operations. Read more.

• Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said that the Indian economy is "on a roll," and no country in the world can halt its momentum, expressing confidence that India will become the third-largest economy globally by 2028. Read more.

For the full coverage of the event, head over here

• GitHub COO Kyle Daigle spoke to us on how the Microsoft-owned developer platform is embracing 'vibe coding' and why one should still learn to code in the AI era. The company is adding one million developers in India every 3 months, he said.

• Non-banking financial company Oxyzo has reported a net profit of Rs 263 crore for the first nine months of FY25, up 26% from the year ago period.

• Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) has suspended the issuance of new National Common Mobility Cards (NCMC), even as existing users are grappling with recharge issues. Meanwhile, Bengaluru Metro users have demanded transparency from the firm, urging it to disclose the fare fixation report and passenger revenue details.

• Apple is reportedly planning to export more iPhones from India to the US to beat the tariffs imposed on China

• Ola Electric defended its February sales figures, stating the numbers represent paid, confirmed customer orders and not preliminary bookings, as suggested by some media reports.

• BookMyShow stated that their role in the Kunal Kamra delisting controversy have been “misrepresented in the public domain”